You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.

I used to say that I wanted to make great art with people I love. Now I have an addendum to that goal: to get things on the air.

Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.

When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch.

We [with Les Charles] started talking about hotel stories, and we found that a lot of the action was happening in the hotel bar. We actually thought of that while we were in a bar: "Why would anyone ever leave here?"

I've failed a million times on stage. I've listened to notes that I knew weren't right. I've pitched ideas and let other people change them, knowing that it was the wrong choice. The question you have to ask yourself is: How do you want to fail? Do you want to fail in a way that feels like it respects your tastes and value system?

People who read are people who dream, and we connect through the stories we live and tell and read.